Though it's troubling on one hand, on the other, you just have to laugh at Democrats and the lengths they'll go to in order to try and thwart the will of the people in their party when it comes to nominees for public office.
One example that immediately comes to mind, of course, is how then-President Joe Biden was treated by party "leaders" after his disastrous June 2024 debate performance. As RedState readers will recall, he was essentially forced out of the race three weeks later, and then endorsed his veep, Kamala Harris, who went on to become the Dem nominee and then lost bigly to Donald Trump.
The other is Graham Platner, who initially seemed like a Teflon candidate who could literally get away with anything in the 2026 Maine Senate primary, including sexism, racism, homophobia, alleged domestic abuse, spousal cheating, etc. But when rape allegations hit, the pressure was put on Platner by establishment Dems, and he ended up suspending his campaign in early July, roughly a month after Maine's Democrat voters chose him to be the nominee.
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In addition to the Nazi tattoo, one of the issues Platner's critics repeatedly brought up about him was his sordid Internet history, which included - among other things - sexual assault victim shaming, making crude "jokes" about self-pleasuring in a porta-potty, denigrating the military service of a fellow veteran who was seriously injured by enemy fire during the Afghanistan war - and wishing he had died.
As it turns out, there is another Democrat contender for public office who it was just recently discovered has some Platneresque problems of his own. For establishment Democrats, the timing couldn't be worse because - as RedState reported - the supposedly "electable" candidate, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, was convinced to re-enter the Wisconsin governor's race just days ago after previously dropping out.
Why did they get him to jump back into the race? Because Democrat Party leaders in the Badger State were terrified DSA state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is gaining in popularity among Democrat voters, would win the August 11 primary - and then lose to GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07), the Trump-backed presumptive GOP nominee. And former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, the other Dem candidate in the race after current Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez exited under a cloud of campaign finance questions, is considered "too progressive."
As to the self-inflicted scandal Crowley and the state's Democratic leadership now find themselves in, here are some of the deets (language warning):
Some messages on the account Crowley launched: “That’s just NASTY!!!” “I wouldn’t f– her with YOUR d–!!!!” #slapyourself”
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) July 22, 2026
“only n— like you have #gaythoughts LOL fuggin tamberine player LOL” One post states: “#confession I’ve never boink a white woman!! Is that bad???”
Crowley told us the account was set up in part to promote a club called the Onyx.
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) July 22, 2026
The Onyx was a troubled social club eventually shuttered after repeated instances of violence.
In a news NBC News report, David Crowley accused of some crude rhetoric on Twitter over 15 years ago: https://t.co/S7cCuLLsCj pic.twitter.com/vt11zG5TNZ
— Drake Bentley (@drake_bentley) July 22, 2026
Here's one area where this scandal differs a bit from the various Platner Reddit post controversies: Platner took ownership of what he wrote (though he claimed he was a "different person" now). But the Gov. Tony Evers-backed Crowley and his campaign are saying that though he had access to the account in question, he didn't write the offensive posts:
Campaign and Crowley statements confirming Twitter account. Campaign says “he did not write or post the problematic content in question.” https://t.co/EANXkZHn3b pic.twitter.com/5hCvIRzEJM
— Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) July 22, 2026
And yet NBC News cast doubts on those statements, noting that some of the posts were written in first person and were clearly about Crowley:
Crowley, who was working for [Democrat Sen.] Russ Feingold at the time, says others shared the account. But it repeatedly refers to him in the first person, includes his selfie, his initials, says "this is my twitter page where I loosen up the tie and bring out the bottles!! Ya dig!" and states, “I can’t really have my face out there when i’m representing #DWightman!!”
Crowley, who was working for Russ Feingold at the time, says others shared the account. But it repeatedly refers to him in the first person, includes his selfie, his initials, says "this is my twitter page where I loosen up the tie and bring out the bottles!! Ya dig!" and states,… https://t.co/Bas0yrxnqs
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) July 22, 2026
Also, as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel observed, the bio for the X account reads "A different side of me...," which doesn't sound like an account run by "10-12 people."
The account is still active as of this writing, and includes other embarrassing gems, like this one:
The page, which is still active, includes posts like this: pic.twitter.com/wNRXsoNSkv
— Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) July 22, 2026
Now, here is what I think is the "tell" that Crowley is... not being honest about who ran that account. Notice how both he and his campaign were careful to note that the posts were from "a decade and a half ago." Why would that matter except to downplay their current significance, as if to imply "Even if it was something I wrote back then, I'm not the same person today"?
That would be something important for Wisconsin voters to know, and to evaluate. But even if there was a way to confirm the posts were indeed written by him, I could see a scenario where Crowley claims he was "young and foolish," something we saw play out to some extent in a Utah Democrat House primary. But Crowley was a grown man in his early to mid 20s when that stuff was written, so that excuse wouldn't necessarily fly.
In any event, it remains to be seen how this plays out among Democrat voters and those same establishment Democrats who rushed to pull Crowley back in to try and save the day. Relatedly, there's a Democrat gubernatorial debate coming up soon, which promises to be quite lively in light of recent events:
Folks, I think we might have a lively Democratic debate on July 28. Might need more than an hour
— Drake Bentley (@drake_bentley) July 23, 2026
As always, stay tuned.
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